G2 Esports Considering Changes in Counter-Strike Roster
G2 Esports’ Counter-Strike team is facing challenges after underperforming in recent LAN events.
The organization is now reportedly looking to make changes to its players, specifically by giving inactive in-game leader Richard “shox” Papillon control of the roster, as reported by French media site Flickshot. This news comes as a surprise, considering shox was removed from the team in March. G2’s players held a vote, with the majority deciding not to be part of shox’s new team, which included former teammates Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux and Kevin “Ex6TenZ” Droolans.
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Two months ago, Spanish rifler Oscar “mixwell” Canellas replaced shox on the active G2 roster. Shox wanted to form a team with himself, SmithZz, Ex6TenZ, Kenny “kennyS” Schrub, and Alexandre “bodyy” Pianaro, but the current lineup wanted to stick together and trial mixwell under G2. The organization is giving the team until the FACEIT Major in September to improve, or else more changes will be made, according to HLTV. However, it appears that the organization is already losing faith in its current team.
G2 finished in last place at DreamHack Masters Marseille in April and reached the top eight at IEM Sydney last weekend with mixwell participating as an entry-fragging rifler and NBK leading the in-game strategy. Mixwell believes that the ongoing drama between the French players is not a conducive environment for him to be involved in.
In an interview with HLTV, mixwell said, “This is not a good environment for a trial because there are other projects going on as well, [and] there are people who are not truly 100 percent sure about what they want to do. It just feels like you are in a war that you should never be a part of. For me, it’s just a hard situation, honestly.”
If G2 decides to support shox’s team, the roster would consist of shox, SmithZz, Ex6TenZ, kennyS, and potentially NBK. Even if NBK chooses not to join their team, the trio of NBK, apEX, and bodyy would still retain Legend status at the FACEIT Major.
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